Friday, March 16, 2007

NCCL's New Website

NCCL's new website is on line here.
The NCCL website has many new features including:
Easy member registration
Conference Registration
Online directory so you can search for other members
A bulletin board to check for NCCL news
Online polling features
New Career Center
Access to the NCCL Bookstore
Visit the new web site and leave a messiage on the new bulletin board.

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Is Your Computer Ready for Daylight Savings Time?

Is your computer ready for daylight-savings time? For information on making sure your Windows computer is ready for daylight-savings time (which starts on Sunday, March 11, 2007) read this article from the Microsoft Knowledge base here. For more information on updating your computer, including Macs read this article from Scot's Newsletter. If you use the automatic update on your Windows XP machine you computer should already have the appropriate update installed.

As Scot said, "The bad news is that Microsoft is not offering help for users of Windows 98, Windows ME, and all Microsoft operating systems prior to Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4." If you are using one of those operating systems you can manually change the time for daylight-savings time. Check with the creator of any application you may be using that depend on the correct time and date.

If your computer is part of a network, please consult your system's administrator before making any changes.
--Update 3/9/07-- Office Watch has some good information on managing the time change with your computers. A word of caution, between March 11, 2007 and early April double check the time of any appointments you recorded in your computer. I liked the advice given by Office Watch, put the date of appointments into the text of an appointment. For example a phone conference can have in the location field '3:15pm US West Coast time.' The next few weeks will be a time to pay close attention to your appointments especially if you track them on your computer or PDA.

Friday, March 02, 2007

Annual Conference Study

I received an email from Michael Westenberg , Chair of the Annual Conference Study Committee, today. Michael said in part:

Periodically the Conference asks its members about the timing of our annual meeting. We want to ensure that our scheduling allows as many people as possible to attend our major gathering of the year.

A few weeks ago I was asked by Conference President, MaryAnn Ronan, to chair a small committee charged with responsibility of creating a survey for our membership that would provide input to the Board regarding the scheduling of future annual meetings.

Recipients are asked to complete a survey and return it to Michael by March 15, 2007. The Committee will compile the responses and make a report to the Board during its April meeting.

The Committee wants to know:

  • How often do you come to NCCL?
  • How long have you been a member of NCCL?
  • What is the best time of year for you to attend? Please indicate your first, second and third choices.
  • Which time of week would you prefer? Please indicate your first, second and third choices.
  • How is the length of the Conference?
  • What other Conferences do you attend?
  • Additional Comments

Responses to the survey are being collected by fax, or email. Send your email responses to nccl at nccl dot org.

Don